The Clio Notes tab is located in the upper left-central side  of the screen for each of the two databases described below.

Clio Notes on America:  History and Life

Clio Notes for America:  History and Life will guide you through subject in United States history, by allowing you to browse through chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in American history.  On the main screen, you will find a list of major time periods and events.  Each of these is further divided into subtopics that display informative essays and suggestions for further research.  Linked subject terms are also provided, which allow you to search the entire America:  History and Life database for articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations.

Clio Notes on Historical Abstracts

Clio Notes for Historical Abstracts will guide you through subjects in World History since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada) by allowing you to browse through chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in modern history.  On the main screen, you will find a list of major time periods and events.  Each of these is further divided into subtopics that display informative essays and suggestions for future research.  Linked subject terms are also provided, which allow you to search the entire Historical Abstracts database for articles, book citations, and dissertations.

By Ray Horak and published by Wiley in 2008, this work is a dictionary about the field of Telecommunication.  It is located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library in the Reference Collection under call number TK 5102 .H65 2008.

Seminars on EndNote citation software are being offered to faculty members and graduate students during   the Spring Semester.  Click on the Seminars link located in the middle of the Auburn University Libraries homepage for registration information, etc.  Seminars are free but registration is required.

Currently, the following EndNote seminars are being offered:

Thursday, April 30

Celebrating the Christmas season, the Special Collections and Archives Department is featuring a Christmas exhibit on display in the three large glass display cases located immediately on the left upon entering the department.

The exhibit features numerous Christmas cookbooks, some classic Christmas books such as an early edition of A Christmas Carol by English novelist Charles Dickens, sheet music, and books on Christmas crafts.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Professor Thereza Oleinick, Costume Designer in the Theater Department, has set up some of the original costumes used in the recent production of the Oscar Wilde play, “Lady Windermere’s Fan.”  The exhibit is located in the Alabama Room in the Special Collections and Archives Department, located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Located in the five flat exhibit cases on the east side of the Special Collections and Archives Department (facing the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center) is an exhibit on the Vietnam War.  The exhibit features numerous color photographs taken in 1970-1971 by Dr. David Martin (retired Auburn University Political Science Professor) in addition to informative captions and literature.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

An exhibit on Eugene Walter (1921-1998), a screenwriter and poet born in Mobile and famous for living a bohemian lifestyle, is on display in the three upright glass cases located on the north side (facing Samford Hall) of the Special Collections and Archives Department.   The exhibit features photographs, books published by Walter,  correspondence, and even a typewriter.  The department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Join us for a reading and book signing by Madison Jones, author of The Adventures of Douglas Bragg

December 4

2:00 p.m.

Location:  The Special Collections and Archives Department, on the Ground Floor, of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by the Auburn University Libraries, the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, and the Auburn University Bookstore.

Refreshments will follow the program.  Books will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, call (334) 844-4946 or visit http://www.auburn.edu/cah .